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Record Number: 3044


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Assisted my Aunt in reading prayers in the afternoon. In the evening read aloud sermons 8+9, Hoole.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

25 Dec 1817

Country:

England

Time

evening: 'In the evening'

Place:

location in dwelling: home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

aunt


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Hoole

Title:

sermons on several important practical subjects

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3044

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840, (London, 1988), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3044, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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